Speaking of karma, soul contracts and life purpose...

[BlueIris]

20. Thank you for sharing your experience, magical thyme.

I have had at least two awful experiences here, re: discussions of painful life experiences. I also feel a lot of lingering resentment about the way people treated me when I talked about my life and the life experiences of others.

I do not feel it is appropriate for people to try to gloss over the pain of what other people are going through with throwaway comments like, "It's just your karma," "You signed up for this in this life cycle," or "It's 'necessary' for you to go through this so others can be spared."

I think it's particularly callous for people to be posting things like that when someone is going through severe trauma and needs support not judgment. Trauma should never be brushed aside with one dimensional platitudes.

Then there is the little matter of how rude it is to try to impose your own perspective on someone else, especially someone in pain, before you've even tried to find out if she shares this perspective. Spiritual opinions on the significance of pain and loss in this life vary quite a bit. So do opinions on the definition of karma, even among people who are comfortable with the idea of past and future lives and an afterlife. Why does anyone feel it is acceptable to just dump a specific view on others, others who may not have even want to hear it? This isn't General Discussion. Tact, consideration and sensitivity are supposed to be important here.